Vocabulary

noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something

medal of honour; medal of merit

fruitful year

stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous

heavy drinking

spontaneous discharge; sudden outburst

odor-resistant; odour-resistant

year of a person's death

main stage; public place

to study; to complete (a course); to cultivate; to master

Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology

several men, several minds; everyone has his own (ideas, tastes, interests, etc.); different strokes for different folks

running through; traversal

felony; serious crime

to house; to contain; to harbour (a feeling); to hold (e.g. dew on leaves)

reduced-size edition (esp. of an unabridged compilation of a newspaper); compact edition

reduced scale; scaling down

to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam

introduction

general; admiral

delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant

(intensity of) illumination; illuminance

symptom

scabbard; sheath

to drive (a car) around; to ride (a bicycle) around

to shake off; to throw off

inborn nature

mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity

mammal; mammalian

contraction of a disease

stylish; smart; elegant; chic; refined; trim

trivial; trifling

eyelid

diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; stunted; undersized

weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)

sea god; Poseidon; Neptune

host and guest

to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off

tea house

unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; bumpiness